i think those are the ones that need to be recognized. >> that program kicked off this summer. it will continue indefinitely. if you would like to contribute, you can go for myfoxdc.com for more information. we have much more still ahead as fox 5 news at 5:00 begins now. time is rolling by. thursday, august 12th, 2010. a live look this morning at our nation's capital. good morning, effect. thank you for joining us. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm wis to him martin sitting in for steve chenevey. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> it is hot out there again today. >> yes, it is. >> but tucker keeps promising we'll see some improving conditions. >> is he going to peak good on those? >> it will be cooler today. still have some showers and thunderstorms but we're in the talking record highs. >> we hit that yesterday? >> at dulles, right.

let's get to it. we want to start with hd radar because we have some showers and thunderstorms. it is right near hagerstown. we have some good flashes of lightning and some thunderstorms developing. a few light showers down working closer to the washington area. we are getting light sprinkles but this has become somewhat enhanced here even in the last 15 minutes. more clouds in the forecast today and a better and better chance we'll see some showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. and generally, that is good news because that will help hold the temperatures down during the course of the afternoon. temperatures right now, not so pleasant. still in the 80s here in town. i'm not talking your music either, gurvir. 82 at reagan national. 81 at fredericksburg. we should not be in the 80s this time of day but unfortunately, the cool are air has not arrived yet. it will later this afternoon. more clouds and sun. showers and thunderstorms likely. about a 60 to 70% chance you

will see a shower or thunderstorm. 89 for an afternoon high. >> we'll be eagerly anticipating the arrival of that cooler weather. >> oh, you can say that again. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> you don't get off that easy. day two on the desk. i read your facebook page. i know you know to bring krispy kreme this morning. the question is did you? >> we'll talk later. i'll go after the newhe will wa bright light. >> that is my thanks. >> that means they're hot. >> here we are live kenilworth avenue at eastern. checking for a crash so watch out for that. downtown eastern avenue, condition ill worth, they were checking for the crash. you will find lane are open in each direction at the wilson bridge. 95 northbound at the 122-mile

marker, they've had that construction tying up all but one lane. that is slowing down your roll as you head in towards stafford. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a violent night in our area. police are searching for a man they say carjacked a woman's vehicle and took off way child still in the car t happened at a shell gas station on machine minute avenue northeast. fox 5 has learned a woman went inside to pay for gas leaving her 5-year-old daughter in the back seat. that is when the suspect jumped in the car and drove off. suspect dropped the little girl off in maryland unharmed. the vehicle was abandoned along martin luther king avenue in fairmont heights. suspect is described as an african-american male, six feet tall, dark complexion wearing a black shirt and blue queens. d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting in adams morgan t happened about 90 last night. officers say the man was shot at least once. he was transported to a local

hospital in critical condition but he did die a short time later. there is no word yet on any suspects. in prince george's county, a police chase in largo ended with shots fired outside the county courthouse in upper marlboro. county police were chasing a vehicle but it is not clear why. the suspects inside that car ran into the officer's cruise are and then tried to run hum over that. officer opened fire hitting three suspects. all of them were taken into custody. the officer was injured. authorities are now hoping new enhanced video of a suspected serial attacker will help bring an arrest. >> they are looking for a man accused of several stabbings and a hammer tax. sarah simmons has the latest -- a hammer attack. >> reporter: there is a $5,000 reward that police have out for information leading to an arrest in this case. that is expected to be increased by the fbi by tens of

thousands of dollars. we are expected to hear an announcement about that later on this morning. but in the meantime, detectives want people to take a look at this surveillance video. this is footage from last friday in leesburg right before he attacked that 19-year-old with a hammer in this shopping center parking lot. the description of that suv, dark green with light beige trim. these random acts of violence have occurred in flint, michigan, toledo, ohio and in leesburg way total of 20 victims now. family of the victims spoke yesterday about their frustration in trying to come to grips and find a reason for this violence. >> why? not just my family, just why? people need to keep their ears open. you need to watch your

surroundings. >> reporter: and we also may get a better look at the suspect sometime this week hopefully by tomorrow. the fbi and vectors are working on surveillance video which apparently does indeed show the assault taking place friday in that shopping center parking lot. they are trying to enhance video, get a better look at that suspect so they can try to get that picture out there. we hope to get that sometime tomorrow. but as for the vehicle itself, they are having difficulty pulling any information since there is not a front license plate or an inspection sticker on the front. that is required in virginia but not required in michigan indicating he could possibly be from michigan. back to you. the other big story is the plane crash in alaska that killed five people including former senator ted steveness an one person from our area. we are checking horrific details of that plane crash now. 56-year-old bill phillips of germantown was one of the people killed. he was with his son on a

fishing trip when the plane went down. 13-year-old willy philip was forced to watch his father die just a few feet away. >> knowing willy so well, just thinking what he had to endure during waiting for somebody to come help him. the whole community was praying yesterday and just so happy to hear that willy was a survivor. >> the senior phillips was awe lawyer and a lobbyist here in washington. he used to be senator stevens chief of staff. and the senate is interrupting a summer recess to hold a special session today to honor former senator stevens and pass a border security bill. the maryland teen and grandmother who were hurt in a terrorist attack in africa are at home this morning. the bomb shattered the leg of emily kerstader and her grandmother is recovering from a broken arm. they were hurt while watching

the world cup last movement a terrorist barometerring killed more than 70 people. a family friend tells us she is in good spirits but still has a long recovery ahead of her. another story we are keeping an eye on, the massive flooding in pakistan. millions of victims are in need. coming up next, details of an international plea for help. another roadblock at the site of the gulf oil spill and the obama administration is slapped with a lawsuit. we are checking more headline next on fox 5 morning news. and mystery, when they enter... the frozen zone. is it real chicken? or something else? some chicken nuggets and tenders look like they have mystery meat. with my perdue frozen nuggets, there is no mystery. just real all white-meat. made with 100% natural ingredients. no fillers. no preservatives. and a delicious taste your family will love. perdue frozen chicken. all white-meat. no mystery.

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after enduring the last couple of days. we had a record high temperature yesterday at dulles. it was 97 there if you want to impress your friends. good news is the cool weather on the way. we have rain showers across the region right now. we'll start with that. we'll go to all the numbers from yesterday. showers here andhiis all associated with this cold front that is actually working from the northeast. we call this a little back door cold front. it will be working through during the next couple of hours and i think we'll see the showers and maybe some thunderstorms break out here in earnest during the course of the afternoon. here we are top of 270 up towards -- working your way up towards gaithersburg and frederick. we've got some light showers. hagerstown, you can see a pretty good band of shower activity and all this breaking out along the frontal system which is now just starting to cross the region and starting to press off here to the south and west. a few more showers out towards columbia. temperatures not comfortable. i guarantee you that. 82-degree at reagan national. that is not the way you want to

start the day. fredericksburg, 81. leonardtown, 79 degrees. annapolis, 80. you get the idea here, a lot of humidity here in the forecast today. a lot of clouds in the forecast. temperatures a little cooler. still going to be a lot of humidity and an increasing chance that we'll see more showers and thunderstorms break out as we start to deal with the frontal system working its way to the south and west. good news this this forecast. generally speaking, it will be an improvement over last couple of days. we're in the going to be dealing with record heat. we'll get rid of some of that humidity as we get into tomorrow. today, the humidity will still be around as this frontal system will be a slow mover here. off to the north and east, slightly cereal weather. that moves in tomorrow with less humidity and high temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s tomorrow -- slightly cooler weather. more clouds and sun today. showers and thunderstorms return. some of those storms could be on the strong side later today.

warm, humid, 89 degrees which is a good eight to 10 degrees cooler than our daytime highs yesterday. 72 for an overnight low and that sets us up for a decent friday. saturday and sunday, a few scattered thunderstorms as well but high temperature here for the weekend only in the 80s. that is good news. that will do it for the forecast. let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright. >> and i always think you're waiting for somebody else to step into the shot. i neve know what is happening here. outer loop. beltway leaving university boulevard headed over towards 270, your lane are open. no problem, inner loop of the beltway at arlington boulevard. this is heading towards 66. crash right here tying up the center of the roadway. delays forming early as you travel north from gallows road. >> thank you. startling allegations against d.c.'s police department. the justice department has issued a report by the inspectors general claiming that d.c. police are missing

evidence in more than 200 dna cases. but police are denying it. fox 5's paul wagner has the story. >> reporter: the allegation is contained on page 20 of a 29- page report which focused on the fbi's dna backlog. it reads: the assistant chief says e and >> we would like to get some information from the oig at the fbi to find out exactly who the people are that made this allegation. we would like to see exactly what they're talking about. we are not exactly sure what they're referring to. >> reporter: but late this afternoon, an official with the inspector general's office told

fox 5 fbi official reported the missing cases and we con furthermored it with an mpd official would work on this issue. in fact, deep in the report on page 27, the fbi said a review determined the number of cases was actually 160 and tease police were unable to forward the evidence. >> so to suggest that something is completely missing, i think that is inappropriate. it is premature at best. >> you reached out to the oig to see if they have more information about who may have said that. >> who said it and what cases were they talking about. >> reporter: law enforcement sources familiar with the process say the problem began when d.c. police sent paperwork to the fbi asking for examinations without including the physical evidence. it was an effort to beat the deadline for a federal grant to reduce dna backlogs. sources say police are now attempting to find the evidence which may be stored at a variety of locations around the

city. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> thank you. we have much more still ahead this morning. here is a look at some of what we're working on for later today. coming up in our next hour, trouble on wall street. markets had their worst day since june. we'll take a look at what it will take to rebound coming up in our business beat. ahead at 7:00, more on that massive ice island that could cause big problem. we are getting ready for our special phone bank for monday looking at big brothers and big sisters. you are watching fox 5 morning news.

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welcome back. it is coming up on 5:25 now. this coming monday morning, we are hosting a special mentoring phone bank. it is your chance to fin out about volunteering opportunities. we want to introduce to you two people who forgeed a special bond through big brothers, big sisters. >> he got me this brand-new watch. >> yeah? >> it is my first watch i ever had. >> when did you get it? >> the week of his wedding. effect got a present and i like this present. >> i think that is a very special present. that is not just a little boy watch. you can wear that for a along time. when carlos got married recently, his little brother chris was the ring bearer. >> i got to stand next to his

mom and his uncle and his grandmother. >> reporter: chris says his grand because he and carlos are not biological brothers, instead brothers tied at the heart the therm connected two years ago when carlos contacted big brothers, big sisters about volunteering. >> i was a single guy at the time and all i was doing was going to work, going to the gym afterwards and really vision allot of time, a lot of free time. you've always wanted a little brother to throw the baseball or go skating with or ice skate skating, skateboarding. all of those activities that, as a child, you always wish you had someone to do it with or someone to pick at or laugh with, watch a movie with. >> reporter: he and chris do all of that now and more. but they share a deeper bond. >> he showed a lot of compassion and care and he told me about his mom an his dad got divorced and since my father had passed away and he really

knows what it is like to go through that time. well, he feels like i personally -- when that happened, i was shocked. so since he told me that b. that, i felt more like that he knew what i meant when i felt sad. >> through it all, the young boy and young man pushed ahead together. with big brother carlos opening the door of the world for little brother chris through sports and education. >> i love history. so when we go to museums, i explain things to him, how things work, where things come from, how they're made. we talk about planes. we talk about rod arrests and all kind of different stuff. it is really fulfilling for me when i get home. >> reporter: since carlos came into his life, chris has learned to swim, is excelling at soccer an has become a top notch student. but more importantly, he has come out of his shell.

joy clear when asked how he feels about carlos as his big brother. >> happy. i feel enlightened. >> i tell you, they are just terrific. what i wonderful program. and tomorrow morning, we'll introduce you to two young women who also became very close through big brothers, big stores an our mentoring phone bank next monday. we have much more still ahead on fox 5 morning news. >> reporter: investigators are getting close to releasing new information to help track down awe serial killer. we are live with an update on that story when fox 5 morning news returns. droiiiid.

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it is thursday, august 1th. it is nice outside. nice at least right now it is. and again, same as yesterday, when i came in, looked at the temperature outside, 83 degrees. >> you think that's nice? >> it is better than 93- degrees. it is all relative. >> we'll give you a break. you're not used to this shift. >> i'm not complaining. >> it is a little warm, a little toasty for this time of

year. we've got clouds moving in. showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. we need the rain. we need the cooler temperatures. humidity, that is going to be the oy under ith the forast. theshowers and thunderstorms starting to break out. not terribly impressive. we are hooking at the hd radar, right at the top of the beltway, we are getting a good shower. that has been pressing east towards silver spring, u towards beltsville. working across montgomery count you and a good band up toward frederick and hagerstown. all of this associated with this frontal system that is moving to the south and west and this will bring in the cooler air. not so much less humid air today but as we get into tomorw, it will start to feel noticeably better with the cooler temperatures and slightly less humidity. it is 82 at reagan national.

that is not where we want to be for an overnight minimum. we are not going that high today though. only in the upper 80s. 83 at patuxent naval air station. 76 in ocean city. never a bad time of year to be in ocean city, is it? afternoon highs in the upper 80s. 89 in washington probably way the thunder in the day but more clouds than sun and some showers and thunderstorms likely today bring along an umbrella. >> drink lots of gatorrade still. >> yes, for the humidity. >> did gurvir not it would you, we call it friday eve t sounds better than thursday. >> that does sound good. i don't know if i can get away from it because i'm just a guest. >> you're in the a guest. you're family. >> you're so nice. >> on the roads this morning, southbound 270 on the brake out of hyattstown. nothing out of the ordinary. just volume delays to accompany

that commute south on 270. outer loop of the beltway in good shape between college park and bethesda. if you are traveling downtown kenilworth avenue northbound leaving pennsylvania avenue to burrows, be prepared for a delaw. beach drive shut down between the zoo and porter street in the southbound direction. that is due it a tree and wires down across the highway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. checking headline this more than, it was a violent night in our area. first, police are looking for a carjacker who is on the loose. they say he took off with a child still in the car. it happened at a shell gas station in the 3900 block of minnesota avenue northeast. a woman went inside to pay for gas leaving her 5-year-old daughter in the car. that is when the carjacker took

off. police called the woman's cell phone when was in the car and vince the the man to drop of the child. she was unhurt. gunfire erupted at the prince george's county courthouse. all of this start wade police chase that began in largo and ended up in upper marlboro. county police were following a vehicle. the suspects rammed into the officer's cruiser and tried to run the officer over. the officer opened fire. three of the suspects were hit and then at some point taken into custody. the officer was also injured. we can soon expect to see a clearer picture of a man accused going on a series of attacks in virginia and two other states. so far, 20 people have been victimized. five of them were killed. fox 5's sarah simmonsdown us live in leesburg with the latest on the investigation and what authorities are doing to track down this suspect. >> reporter: right now, there is a $5,000 reward no any information leading to an arrest in this case but now there is talk of increasing

that by several thousand dollars, money that would come from the fbi, in order to do that. we are expecting an announcement about that later on this morning. in the meantime, detectives want people to look at this surveillance video. this is footage from last friday in leesburg right before he taxed that 19-year-old with the hammer in the shopping center parking lot. again, they are still looking for a dark green suv, chevy blazer with light beige trim. these random acts have occurred in flint, michigan, toledo, ohio and leesburg way total of 20 victims. suspect is described as white male, late 20s or early 30s, around six feet tall way muscular build and light hair. we may get a better look maybe by tomorrow as to what exactly he looks like. there is surveillance footage that actually shows the assault that the fbi is working on, trying to enhance. >> the resources that are working to enhance this video

are of the highest quality. i'm confident that it will be able it produce much more detailed information. >> reporter: now n michigan where the attacks have been taking place since may where there have been 16 stabbings there, authorities have actually create a special task force that has create a list of suspects that they're trying to whittle down and look into their background and see if possible you any of those could be the serial killer. we're live here in leesburg, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. the alaska plane crash is our other big story this morning. five people were killed including former senator ted stevens and a man from montgomery county. the four survivors are from our area. one of them is jim moore it is heart and words could not describe the relief his mother felt when she learned her son lived through the horrific crash gentleman my granddaughter and her husband knocked at the door and i wasn't expects them. when you opened the door, i

could see on their face that there was something wrong. >> you have a mother's intuition. did you feel one way or another? >> i guess i did. he is a survivor. >> the others would survived include the 13-year-old son of lobbyist bill phillips of germantown and the former of nasa, sean o'keefe and his son. former senator ted stevens will be remembered in washington today. here is a look at stocks as we head to the break. we'll be right back.

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lopez' people are not commenting and neither is fox. >> that is surprising. how about this? country music fans being here is your chance to see awe show out at jiffy lube live for free. you have to correctly answer the trivia question you see on your screen if you want to one a pair of tickets. >> if you want it enter, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com, and find the contest on our entertainment page. you can enter until 10:00 this morning. you can read the contest rules there too. you must be at least 18 years old. two winners will be selected by a ran demeanor drawing today. the prize, a pair of tickets, is proviewedded by live nation entertainment. free! that is excellent. >> you got to pay for parking? >> i don't know. but you get the tickets for free. it is a start. >> it is a great start. >> tucker's forecast is free.

>> yeah, but you might not want it. we have some rain showers and thunderstorms moving into the area. that means cool are temperatures on the way. still going to be -- that means cooler temperatures on the way. still going to be huge you had out there. at least our high temperatures will only be 90-degree or so. we're focused on the north side of the beltway, college park, greenbelt, beltsville. the north side of the area getting some showers. this is pushing off shely to the east and to the north. let's open up the hd radar picture a little bit. we want to he show you more shower activity. we are getting a good thunderstorm now developing. you can see it up there near hagerstown. it is pushing generally across 70. northern montgomery county, carroll county, you will get more rain showers over the next hour or so, all so, wade cold front which kill cool things down. check out yesterday's high temperatures. sorry about that.

97 at reagan national. only 96 degrees at bwi marshall. these temperatures about 10 degrees above where they should be this time of year. i mention that because we'll be about 10 degrees cooler today. our highs later today will top out in the mid- to upper 80s. 82 at reagan national. 80 out at annapolis. 70s in hagerstown. society showers should cool things down a little bit. i mentioned the humidity is not going to be improved today because we'll have a left clouds an rain showers and thormd around particularly this afternoon -- rain -- we'll have a lot of clouds and rain showers and thunderstorms around particularly this afternoon. we have a book door cold front pushing south and west. it will start to quiet things down and clear things out later tonight. tomorrow and the weekend should be a little nicer. cooler with more sunshine for

the weekend. 89 today. more clouds and thunderstorms. overnight tonight, we'll cool down to 72 degrees. that will feel great. 86 tomorrow. the weekend right now, not bad. mid- to upper 80s, generally dry. could be some scattered thunderstorms maybe late if the day saturday, better chance on sunday and gun monday. that will do it for the forecast. -- and again on monday. let's get to julie. you're celebrating the weekend early. >> why do you say that? >> you say friday eve. >> of course. crash on the inare loop at arlington boulevard for you cleared to the shoulder. top stretch of the out are loop, no problems leaving college park headed around two 270. downtown, it was kenilworth avenue northbound where they were late to clear the roadwork between pennsylvania avenue and burrows tying up the left lane. beach drive closed off between porter street and the could.

had had a tree come down taking with it some wires. northbound i-95, lanes are open headed towards the main line. the problem is at the 122-mile marker. we had overnight construction. that is in the process of being cleared with traffic still at a stand still as you travel northbound. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you very much. it has already been a little tense at times but today the race for d.c. pair will tax on a clear negative tone. that is because incumbent mayor adrian fenty plans to begin running tv ads that attack his main rival, vincent gray. >> as director the of the department of human seven he is in the early '90s you were responsible for over $1 billion. >> the ads go after his time as director of the d.c. human services office accusing gray of mismanaging or losing out on millions of in federal funding and not serving the neediest

citizens. gray has no plans to advertise on tv before the september 14th primary. authorities up in michigan told a station there, local 4, that they have the man in custody in connection with the serial stabbing case. authorities will be holding a news conference sometime this morning. police believe the suspect worked at a party store in beacher which is just north of splint. officers checked surveillance video from that store to confirm the suspect previously worked at that location. we are getting this information apparently coming out on several web sites in that area. so we'll continue to work this story for you and have more throughout the morning. and now, we have a follow- up to a story we first brought you yesterday. an iceberg bigger than the city of washington is drifting towards canada. it might sound like a slow and harmless trip but it has the potential to create a catastrophe to shipping lanes and oil rigs in its path. beth parker explains where the

iceberg island came from and why it is so dangerous. >> this green outline here is identifying where the outline of the ice island is. >> reporter: jim siena showed us the outline of the ice island on a photo. that ice island is traveling less than a mile a day. it broke away from the peterman glacier in greenland. what make this unique is its size. now, this is not a small piece of ice. in fact, it is bigger than the entire city of washington, d.c. >> it is rather large. >> reporter: the last time a piece of ice this large broke free, john f. kennedy was president. at the national ice cent are, they use satellite pictures to mob are to ice and gather information that helps government researchers and the military. >> it is a scenario that i can't take my ship into. i need to keep my ship away from depending on the

capabilities of that ship. >> reporter: the ice island will travel towards canada. >> the last one that broke off in 2008, it took about a year to fully popov through the strait and break up. >> reporter: the movement of this ice island has captured the attention of congress and those pushing for tougher laws restricting green house gases. whether global warming is to blame for this specific chunk of ice breaking off, scientists tell us you can't say it is and you can't say it isn't. beth parker, fox 5 news. >> you know what? it is almost football season. i keep saying that because i want it to happen. dave ross will talk a little redskins with us in just a few minutes. donovan mcnabb in burgundy and gold and in ask. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. donovan mcnabb in burgundy and gold and in action. d

welcome back. dave ross is here to talk a little redskins. >> it seemed like camp just started. it is -- well, it is not over. they have not officially broke camp. but yes, tomorrow, they will begin play against the buffalo bills. how much will donovan mcnabb and some of the other first teamers play? they are expected to play somewhere between 15 and 18 plays. that seems like a lot to me. >> they got to get in sync. i understand. >> i kind of like it. it is the first time we'll ever really see him in the burgundy and gold.

that could be five series. we don't expect them to go three and out. albert haynesworth about a week ago, it looked like wouldn't even play in this game, he might start in this game now. they are sending him a message, have you to work. >> he is making progress. >> maybe if he looks really good, they want to trade him. have you heard about the tiger woods controversy? >> no, i haven't. >> the ryder cup won't be played until september. they have to make the pick on september 7th. he told jim gray allegedly that month matter what tiger does this week, that tiger would be a captain's pick to play. he came back yesterday and said whoa, i never said that to him at all. jim gray confronted corey pavin, put his finger in his chest and said you're a liar. we don't foe if tiger woods would be on the ryder cup team. we assume he will. >> thank you very much. coming up being more news straight ahead on fox 5 morning news including the latest on

the possible arrest on the serial killer in our area. stay with us.